[Vision2020] King Kong Review

[Chasuk]

On 12/19/05, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have no intention of watching this movie. It is the most overdone movie
> and was only good to start with because of the special effects.

I'm afraid I don't understand the above paragraph.  You write:

"I have no intention of watching this movie."

The words "this movie" should logically apply to the film I have
reviewed, Peter Jackson's King Kong, so that is how I will interpret
them. You then write:

"It is the most overdone movie..."

"It," as a pronoun, should refer to the film mentioned in the previous
sentence, which confuses because the first sentence clearly reveals
that you haven't seen Peter Jackson's King Kong, hence are unqualified
to make the judgement that the first half of the second sentence
indicates you are making.  You conclude:

"...and was only good to start with because of the special effects."

Unambiguously, the remainder of this sentence also refers to Peter
Jackson's King Kong.  To understand why, re-write the sentence with
the middle omitted, and for clarity re-insert it in your paragraph:

"I have no intention of watching this movie.  It was only good to
start with because of the special effects."

I'm guessing that you intended to write something similar to this:

"I disliked the 1933 King Kong (which, in my opinion, was only popular
due to the special effects), so I have no intention of wasting my
time, or money, watching a modern remake."

If that is what you meant, I'll have to disagree with your opinion of
the 1933 version.  Special effects didn't seduce me as a kid, and they
don't seduce me now.  I loved the story then, and I love it now,
because I am a chump for romantic tragedies.